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June 6, 1944 D-Day NORMANDY INVASION involved:

1 million allies and 700,000 Germans;

8.000 artillery pieces;

2,546 ALLIED bombers and 1,731 fighters opposed 820 German Bombers and fighters;

24 warships and 35 merchant ships were sunk;

127 allied planes were shot down;

3,500 gliders were in the air behind towing planes;

100 glider pilots died;

D-Day casualties were:

2.700 British;

946 Canadians;

6,603 Americas:

Between 4,000 and 9.000 Germans;

Plus 12,000 airmen were killed and 200 war planes lost in April and May in preparations for D-Day.

By the time the Battle of Normandy ended 425,000 Allies and Germans were killed or wounded.

Today in 77 Normandy cemeteries remain 77.866 Germans; 9,386 Americans; 17,769 British; 5,002 Canadians and 650 Poles.